Copy-holder



' W. P. ILLER.

' COPY HOLDER.

No. 295,416, Patented Mar. 18, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,416, dated March 18, 1884.

Application filed July 14, 1875).

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MILLER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Copy-Holders for Type-Vriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved copy-holder, partially in section on lines :0 m, g y, and z e of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, in which the sleeve supporting the line-marker is shown in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a copy-holder of simple and compact constructi-on, adapted for holding a single sheet of paper or a book, which can be moved about and made to present the copy at any desired height or angle, and also to furnish an easilyadjustable line-marker, to indicate the line which the operator is copying.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a metal pedestal having a hole drilled vertically in its upright portion, in which a rod, B, both turns and slides. Aset screw, 0, bears against the rod B. The upper part of the rod Bis bifurcated, its forks containing bearin gs which support a short shaft, 13, about which a disk, E, may be partially rotated.

E is a set-screw turning in one of the forks of the rod 13, which bears against the disk E.

F is a light metal frame, made by riveting strips ff together, being rectangular in form, and of a size sufficient to hold the largest pa per from which it is desired to copy. frame F is fastened to the disk E, and turns with it about 13 as an axis. 011 each end of the side strips of the frame Fthat is, at the corners of the frame--are bearings M and The bearings M support a shaft, 0, )arallel to and a little above the front or lower end of the frame F. Similarly, the bearings N support a shaft, P, at and in the same plane with the upper endof the frame F. Attached near the ends of the shafts O and Pare radiating arms or clamps m and it, made of spring wire, and curved so that near their ends they may The rest on the side strips of the frame F. The shafts have, respectively, handles 0 P, by which they may be partially rotated, thereby lifting the clamps up and off the frame F. Spiral springs O P on the shafts, fastened to the shafts at one end and to the frame F at the other, hold the clamps m and a in contact with the frame F.

S is a hearing at the middle of the lower end of the frame F, supporting a short shaft, R, parallel to but above the shaft 0.

T is a sleeve fast on the shaft Rbetween the two sections of the bearing S. I The, upper portion of this sleeve carries another-sleeve,

T, through the axis of which, and at right angles to the shaft It, is ahole, in which a-rod,- H, fits. The rod His nearly as long as the frame F is high. At its upper end it isbent, forming a short arm, H, perpendicular to which and to the long arm H is attached a rod,

D, as long as the frame F is wide. A spiral spring, R, on the shaft B, one end of which is fast to the shaft and the other end to the bearing S, acts to hold the rod D against the frame F.

The operation is as follows: The matter to be copied is placed upon the frame F, the lower part of the sheet or book being put under the clamps m, which are raised for that purpose by turning the handle 0. If a book is to be held, these clamps are all that need be 8c used.

XV in Fig. 1 shows the action of the clamp in when a book or several thicknesses of paper are on the frame.

To fasten the upper edge of a sheet the 8 5 clamps a may be raised by the handle P andlet down upon it, as is shown at V, Fig. 1.

The frame may be raised or lowered or turned about the rod B as an .axis, and held in the position desired by the set-screw G.

The disk E and the frame F may be moved and held by tightening the set-screw E at any angle from nearly perpendicular to parallel to the base of the pedestal A. Every adjustment, for the sake of holding the copy at the proper angle to the light or at a suitable dis" tance from the eyes of the operator, is thus readily secured.

It is the custom of copyists to a lay a substance like a rule beneath the line they are engaged in copying, so that after looking off there may be something to catch. the eye and direct it to the proper line. For this purpose I have provided the line-marker D, which is pressed gently on the copy by the tension of the spring on the shaft R. The rod H, sliding through the sleeve T, permits the marker to be moved up and down the entire length of the frame, to bring it under any line, and at any time it can be swung up and off the copy about the shaft R, where, when not in use, it remains out of the way of the operator. The rod H slides freely in its bearing in the sleeve T when moved by the operator; but the friction in the bearing or sleeve T is sufficient to prevent its slipping of its own weight, or as the result of a slight jar. Thus a marker is obtained which can be moved about freely, yet is attached as a part of the machine, and which, without obstructing the view of the copy, remains on the page Where it is placed by the operator.

What I claim is- 1. In a copy-holder, the combination, with a frame pivoted to a pedestal, of shaft 0 at the bottom of said frame, carrying spring-clamps and handle 0, and the horizontal shaft P at the upper end of frame, carryingsprin g-el amps, coiled springs P and handle P, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the frame of a copy-holder, of shaft 0, carrying spring clamps, a shaft, R, carried in bearings above shaft 0, a spring upon said shaft, sleeves T and T, rod H, and marker D, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with the frame of a copy-holder, of shaft R, spring R, sleeves T 40 T, rod H, and marker D, substantially as and for the purpose described.

WILLIAM F. MILLER.

XVitnesses:

JAMES A. J OHNSON, ELMER P. HOWE. 

